A message from the Father of the son killed in the U.K riots.
Tariq Jahan, whose son and two others were killed in a hit-and-run attack on Wednesday, has implored tearful Muslims in his community not to march in protest at the killings.
Mr Jahan's son, Haroon, 21, Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, were fatally hit by a car in Winson Green on Wednesday.
Haroon's father has been heralded as one of the heroes of the riots that have shaken Britain in the last week for his continued calls for people to not seek revenge for his son's death.
And on Thursday night, he once again addressed a group on the streets of Birmingham, urging them not to participate in a protest march, albeit intended as a peaceful one, planned for Sunday.
Channel 4 News cameras captured Mr Jahan's address to the gathered crowd in the early hours of this morning - many of whom were brought to tears by his call for peace to resume in their community.
"Brothers, there is no march," he said.
"We don't want a march. Why, what's the march for? Where in the name of Islam (is there a call to march for the dead)? I'm not going nowhere. If you guys want to walk, go hiking. Don't do it in the name of our sons, no."
Mr Jahan reiterated an earlier call for Muslim;s in the community to seek solace in their religion instead of publicly exhibiting their anger at the deaths.
"Remember this guys; all of you guys standing here looking at me, to me you're the equivalent of my son, I look at you as my brothers," he said.
"Look at your life. If some of you can change yourselves and your ways it would benefit all of us here."
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